Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The dark side of the enlightenment The dark side of the enlightenment John V. Fleming In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment, generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstitio… OL17835832W
The secret teachers of the western world The secret teachers of the western world Gary Lachman "Running alongside the mainstream of Western intellectual history there is another current which, in a very real sense, should take pride of place, but which for the last few centuries has occupied a… OL20018519W
The occult, witchcraft & magic The occult, witchcraft & magic Christopher Dell From the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals, magic has gripped the imagination. Magic and magicians appear in early Babylonian texts, the Bible, Judaism and Islam. Secret words, spells and incantation… OL20048190W
The western esoteric traditions The western esoteric traditions Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke "Western esotericism has now emerged as an academic study in its own right, combining spirituality with an empirical observation of the natural world while also relating humanity to the universe thro… OL2740279W
Early Mormonism and the magic world view Early Mormonism and the magic world view D. Michael Quinn In this articulate and insightful book, D. Michael Quinn, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, masterfully reconstructs the world view of an earlier age in America, finding ample evide… OL2947584W
The European witch-craze of the 16th and 17th centuries The European witch-craze of the 16th and 17th centuries H. R. Trevor-Roper witch hunts in europe between 1450-1700 OL4147243W